mp’s rating: 3/5 An average plot movie packaged in moderately-good action. Having watched almost all the movies in the cinema, my parents and I were back again in front of the booth and asking ourselves of what movie to be watched. Contraband was not on our list, but since we have watched the six others, … Continue reading »
I woke up this morning at 9.30am, and after a seven-hour sleep, I feel refreshed. I know that today is going to be beautiful, and it is indeed. First of all, I have new ideas about how to approach my story assignment, and my interviewee has already said yes, so I just need to schedule … Continue reading »
I know I will have so many complains (wait, no, just a lot of bored readers who will prematurely hit the ‘x’ button for this blog) because yes, I will be ranting about how difficult life is, again, when life doesn’t turn out like the way we have planned. Oh no, wait, I haven’t planned … Continue reading »
“Mom, I’m not going to get pregnant. I’m not going to do drugs. I just want to hang out with my friends, get some drinks, and have some fun.” The first time I saw those words on a Facebook friend’s update status, I paused. And those words ring in my ears ever since. They may … Continue reading »
As a journalist, I’m too used to say, “Feel free to give any comment,” or, “Any feedback is much appreciated!” Sometimes I really do mean it, sometimes it is just a courtesy. You know, you’re just a rookie, a new kid on the block, why don’t just look nice and put that I-am-eager-to-learn-and-to-become-better attitude up … Continue reading »
Remember your teachers? Remember not the lessons they have taught in school, but the lessons in life that make you who you are now? Perhaps, you remember one name. Or maybe two. Or three. Or maybe none. Coming to uni, no one really cares about you anymore. The tutors don’t see you everyday, five days … Continue reading »
In an interview that I recently did, Join Silica Liong, a Fine Arts Indonesian student here in Melbourne said: “The media is where you hear and see information, and what you hear and see, you consume. You don’t trust everything that you see, but you actually pick the ones that you think it’s true.” And … Continue reading »
Published on Farrago (University of Melbourne Magazine) on Tuesday, March 6 2012. A new international student muttered this question to the girl in the mirror one day, “When will it start feeling like home?” I could see it in her eyes – fear of the new life, but there was a spark of excitement as … Continue reading »
Father’s Gift by unknown A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his … Continue reading »
mp’s rating: 2/5 It’s not that I don’t like Adam Sandlers, it’s just that the movie is too weird, even for a 19-year-old whose life is based on movies. Okay, that’s a bit of exaggeration, but I got to say, the movie is weird. On a side-glance, it looked like a usual chick flick, but … Continue reading »
A friend of mine (a colleague in Meld Magazine) said that the middle degree crisis has gone, now we are faced with two-third degree crisis. We have two more semesters to go. Today, I vacuumed my apartment, ironed the clothes that have been hanging there for a week, and forged a love-hate relationship with my … Continue reading »
I know that not everyone can have a great life, but I never know that not everyone can have a decent life. Not everyone can live in a house, have a faithful husband, give birth to a healthy baby, be abuse-free or accident-free. Not everyone has the luxury to even be loved rightly by her … Continue reading »
9gag lovers, you will love this. Girls in general, you’ll want a guy like this. Boys in general, be creative! It’s always that defining moment in someone’s life, when he went on his knees asking that one simple question. And when she said yes, life is beautiful. Most girls will be dreaming about this occasion … Continue reading »
Published on Friday, 2 March 2011 on Meld Magazine. WHAT makes you feel beautiful? Is it makeup, clothes, shoes? Or are you a believer that beauty comes from the inside out? Meld columnist Marcella Purnama hangs up her heels after a prolonged battle between love and loathing. Photo: Jesse Therrien Here’s my self-confession: I’m not … Continue reading »
ALL cheered when Toothless the Night Fury left the stage. Yet it was not one of the grand closing applause we used to hear after a show is finished. It was a cheer in a hope to bring the dragons back to life after the third technical difficulty happened during the show. After the opening … Continue reading »
On the other side by unknown A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was leaving the room after paying a visit, and said, “Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side.” Very quietly the doctor said, “I don’t know.” “You don’t know?” the man said. “You, a … Continue reading »
mp’s rating: 3/5 Not the best chick flick, but quite good to see so many pretty and handsome faces in one movie. It’s your usual ten-stories-in-one movie. If you have watched Love Actually (about Christmas), and Valentine’s Day (about Valentine’s day), consider this one as the last piece of the trilogy: New Year’s Eve (about … Continue reading »
Rants on Sunday night, Feb 26th. Let me guess, I bet most of you who are reading this are students who don’t want to go to your 9am lecture tomorrow morning. Or you are the ones who are keen to go to your 10am tutes tomorrow and trying to persuade me to be excited about … Continue reading »
